Anguilla: Offshore Financial Centres

Although not normally regarded as being in the first tier of traditional offshore jurisdictions, 2015 is shaping up to be an exciting year for financial services in Anguilla (or "British Anguilla", as it sometimes likes to brand itself).

The Anguillan government has published a bill for a new Insolvency Act for public review and consultation.

Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory, having a constitutional relationship with Britain similar to the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda. It lies in the Eastern Caribbean, very near the French/Dutch island of St. Martin/St. Maarten (7 miles), and to the East of Puerto Rico (200 miles) and the British Virgin Islands (94 miles) with St. Kitts and Nevis and Antigua to the South EastThe FA provides for the establishment, operation and regulation of civil law type foundations